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  • Isthisafeverdream@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    $30/hr sounds great and all, but that place is going to be cranking around the clock and the servers alone would have probably made $50/hr+ on the original wage and tip-out, bartenders probably $70/hr. Wonder why they made the last minute switch.

    • ickplant@lemmy.worldOPM
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      1 year ago

      They would make more with tips if the restaurant is full, which I’m sure it will be for a while. I understand why people might not be on board with this. I know I appreciate no tips as a customer, but I also want to make sure they get paid accordingly.

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        1 year ago

        Right, and as any sales job, you should at least be getting some sort of commission for how much you sell, otherwise servers only need to do the bare minimum with no incentive to go above and beyond, or to upsell anything.

        Totally agree tipping is absurd these days, but we need to fix it the right way and not take it away just for good PR.

        Also to add to that, I thought I saw something recently about poverty levels in Denver being adjusted, and $30 and less being the poverty line, does anyone remember that? If so, asking people to work a busy restaurant for poverty line wages is pretty trash.